Atonement (2007)
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Critic Consensus: Atonement features strong performances, brilliant cinematography, and a unique score. Featuring deft performances from James MacAvoy and Keira Knightley, it's a successful adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel.
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Cast
as Robbie Turner
as Cecilia Tallis
as 13-Year-Old Briony Tallis
as Grace Turner
as 18-Year-Old Briony
as Singing Housemaid
as Older Briony
as Paul Marshall
as Betty
as Emily Tallis
as Tommy Nettle
as Lola
as Frank Mace
as Betty
as Pierrot Quincey
as Jackson Quincey
as Danny Hardman
as Police Constable
as Leon Tallis
as Fiona Maguire
as Police Inspector
as Police Sergeant
as Frenchmen
as Frenchmen
as Solider in Bray Bar #3
as Interviewer
as Naval Officer
as Crying Soldier
as Vicar
as Solitary Sunbather
as Beach Soldier
as Beach Soldier
as Beach Soldier
as Beach Soldier
as Soldier in Bray Bar
as Soldier in Bray Bar
as Soldier in Bray Bar
as Soldier in Bray Bar
as Soldier With Ukeleke
as Sister Drummond
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Probationary Nurse
as Hospital Admin Assistant
as Soldier at Hospital Entrance
as Registrar
as Staff Nurse
as Second Soldier at Hospital Entrance
as Injured Sergeant
as Soldier Who Looks Like Robbie
as Luc Cornet
as Pierrot, Aged 14
as Jackson, Aged 14
as Mother of Evacuees
as Evacuee Child
as Evacuee Child
as Evacuee Child
as Mrs. Jarvis
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Critic Reviews for Atonement
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Joe Wright directs Atonement with an eye to framing each performance with spectacularly vivid images, including a genuinely breathtaking tracking shot on the bloody, wreckage-strewn beach at Dunkirk.
Atonement is a film out of balance, nimble enough in its first half but oddly scattered and ungainly once it leaves the grounds of the Tallis estate.
Sweeping, showy, and stiff, Joe Wright's adaptation of Ian McEwan's pedigreed bestseller traffics in florid staging and callow emotions.
Atonement's extraordinary qualities outweigh any quibbles.
One of the few adaptations that gives a novel the film it deserves.
A film that instantly joins the ranks of the great screen romances.
Audience Reviews for Atonement
Based on the Ian McEwan novel of the same name, this adaptation follows the lie of a little girl, and its repercussions throughout time. Briony Tallis (Ronan) sees something she doesn't understand and inevitable keeps two tragic lovers from being together. It's the same woeful love story that many of us have heard before, but now there's the issue of retribution and atonement for Briony. This makes the story that much more intriguing, because generally we hate the thing that keeps these couples apart, but Briony cannot be totally blamed. Read more at http://www.bluefairyblog.com/new-blog-1/2015/3/18/atonement
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Made me feel horribly sad, and a bit nauseous.
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Joe Wright's 'Atonement' has a lot of positive things going for it, but none more brilliant and substantial than the film's cinematography and visuals. This includes, but is not limited to, a 5 minute tracking shot that never cuts away. It's pure, unadulterated filmmaking that we see less and less of. Not only filled with magnificent visuals, but each of the three leads fills their roles with great intensity and pathos, really creating something out of nothing when it comes to the script. The story feels a little blown out of proportion and the pace a little slow at times, but Wright makes sure it doesn't disappoint his audience. 'Atonement' does not have an astonishingly great story to tell, but its technical brilliance cannot be denied.
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Atonement Quotes
| Robbie Turner: | "You'd be forgiven for thinking me mad - wandering into your house barefoot, or snapping your antique vase. The truth is, I feel rather light-headed and foolish in your presence, Cee, and I don't think I can blame the heat. Will you forgive me? Robbie." |
| Robbie Turner: | You'd be forgiven for thinking me mad - wandering into your house barefoot, or snapping your antique vase. The truth is, I feel rather light-headed and foolish in your presence, Cee, and I don't think I can blame the heat. Will you forgive me? Robbie. |
| Briony Taliis aged 13: | "Yes, I saw him. I saw him with my own eyes." |
| Briony Taliis aged 13: | Yes, I saw him. I saw him with my own eyes. |
| Robbie Turner: | (To Briony) I'm torn between breaking your neck and throwing you down the stairs. |
| Robbie Turner: | [to Briony] I'm torn between breaking your neck and throwing you down the stairs. |
| Tommy Nettle: | Cheerio, pal. |
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